About the Workgroup
This work group acts in an exploratory and advisory capacity to the State Board of Higher Education. The work group is charged with reviewing OUS tuition policy with a primary focus on resident undergraduate tuition. Said review includes an examination of other systems of higher education and other public universities’ tuition philosophies, how they set tuition, fee remissions policies, and other affiliated policies, and to make recommendations to the Board of Higher Education regarding:
- Tuition philosophy and principles to guide the process; for example, access to a quality education, affordability, balance between state and student share of costs, competitive with similar programs in other states,and some guiding principles/policies that are both rational and predictable.
- Factors to be used in setting tuition; for example, state General Fund appropriations, institutional mission, peer rates, program costs, perceived value of the degree as measured by salaries in the field, etc.
- Financial aid policy recommendations as related to tuition with a focus on fee remission policies and practices; For example, what level of fee remissions and what type (merit or need based) should be granted.
